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FKIE_CVE-2026-23421

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-03 14:16 - Updated: 2026-04-03 16:10

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/configfs: Free ctx_restore_mid_bb in release ctx_restore_mid_bb memory is allocated in wa_bb_store(), but xe_config_device_release() only frees ctx_restore_post_bb. Free ctx_restore_mid_bb[0].cs as well to avoid leaking the allocation when the configfs device is removed. (cherry picked from commit a235e7d0098337c3f2d1e8f3610c719a589e115f)

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3557359ea3df32430ea7c30f7a708ca9a91d7e0e
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f971dfd48983074adc7bbcea3ee95ce7aad47cb
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e377182f0266f46f02d01838e6bde67b9dac0d66

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe/configfs: Free ctx_restore_mid_bb in release\n\nctx_restore_mid_bb memory is allocated in wa_bb_store(), but\nxe_config_device_release() only frees ctx_restore_post_bb.\n\nFree ctx_restore_mid_bb[0].cs as well to avoid leaking the allocation\nwhen the configfs device is removed.\n\n(cherry picked from commit a235e7d0098337c3f2d1e8f3610c719a589e115f)"
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-03T16:10:23.730",
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CVE-2026-23421 (GCVE-0-2026-23421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 13:24 – Updated: 2026-04-03 13:24

Title

drm/xe/configfs: Free ctx_restore_mid_bb in release

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f971dfd48983074a…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3557359ea3df32430…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e377182f0266f46f0…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: b30d5de3d40c3fa642079bac0d91f17091c5f877 , < 7f971dfd48983074adc7bbcea3ee95ce7aad47cb (git)
Affected: b30d5de3d40c3fa642079bac0d91f17091c5f877 , < 3557359ea3df32430ea7c30f7a708ca9a91d7e0e (git)
Affected: b30d5de3d40c3fa642079bac0d91f17091c5f877 , < e377182f0266f46f02d01838e6bde67b9dac0d66 (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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FKIE_CVE-2026-23421

CVE-2026-23421 (GCVE-0-2026-23421)

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